Special Report No. 90-10: A Review of the Characteristics and Significance of Adsorbable Organic Halide in Wastewaters from U.S. Pulp and Paper Mills

This paper summarizes the existing information with potential environmental significance of the AOX in bleached pulp mill wastewaters. Since AOX is a non-specific measure of organic halogen, an understanding of the environmental significance of AOX requires a knowledge of the constituent chemicals. The paper industry is only one of a number of sources of AOX in the U.S.